Twilight zone
There was mass delirium as hordes of teen girls finally got to sit in the dark with their vampire
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Brian D. Johnson
Brian D. Johnson writes about film and the arts for Maclean’s. He’s also a filmmaker, and director of the annual Toronto Film Critics Association Awards Gala.
The straight story of a gay pioneer
Three decades after his assassination, Harvey Milk escapes Oliver Stone, and gets his due
The end of love and a famous voice
With his heart and his vocal chords shredded, Ian Tyson bares his soul on a brave new CD
Twilight of the Goths
The new vampire romance is a teen chick flick that doesn’t succumb to the usual formula
Everyone wants to be a Slumdog Millionaire
Some of you may be wondering why I haven’t weighed in on Slumdog Millionaire yet, which opened commercially this week. Here’s...
Bond’s Bourne-again Identity in ’A Quantum of Solace’
Too much action. Not enough dialogue.
Opening Weekend — Film Reviews
Dark matter in ’I’ve Loved You So Long’ and ’Synecdoche, New York’
Hot damn, Van Damme can act!
The Muscles from Brussels subverts his image and bares his soul in the remarkable ‘JCVD’
Film Reviews: Exiles on Main St. in ’Zack and Miri Make a Porno’ and ’What Just Happened?’
Having just read ’ Why I Blog ’, Andrew Sullivan’s nicely crafted piece in The Atlantic —explaining how blogging must be...
What just happened to my career?
A showbiz satire starring De Niro as a veteran who’s losing his grip is all too close to home